An Economist BEST BOOK OF THE YEARAs the data economy grows in power, Carissa Véliz exposes how our privacy is eroded by big tech and governments, why that matters and what we ca...
People who saw the first moving pictures at the end of the nineteenth century were delighted by a new art that communicated without words – yet they were also alarmed to be witnessing events ...
Discover more than 85 of the most important mathematical ideas, theorems, and proofs ever devised, and the great minds behind them, with this original and colourful book. Take a journey through the...
Over the past 75 years, a new canon has emerged. As humans have driven the living planet to the brink of collapse, visionary thinkers around the world have raised their voices to defend it. Their w...
Over the past 75 years, a new canon has emerged. As humans have driven the living planet to the brink of collapse, visionary thinkers around the world have raised their voices to defend it. Their w...
Książka omawia podstawowe eksperymenty z zakresu nauki o słuchu i słyszeniu, które można prowadzić, używając komputera osobistego z kartą dźwiękową, bez korzystania ze specjalistycznej apara...
The monograph which we hand over to the Reader is the result of international collaboration between employees and students of the Faculty of Law and Administration of Nicolaus Copernicus University...
Coffee is one of the most valuable commodities in the history of the global economy and the world's most popular drug. The very word 'coffee' is one of the most widespread on the planet. Augustine ...
Public finance and taxes under the Constitution of the Republic of Poland may be analysed from various perspectives with an emphasis on different provisions and solutions. The layout of the monogra...
Table of ContentsRobert Parker (University of Oxford) Introductory Remarks Scott Scullion (University of Oxford) Penal Sacrifice Włodzimierz Lengauer (Univ...
Praca koncentruje się na popularyzacji wiedzy oraz promocji badań własnych poprzez edukacyjno-artystyczną konceptualizację (od inspiracji do kreacji) odnoszoną do osobistych doświadczeń dydaktyczny...
By the spring of 1645, civil war had exacted a terrible toll upon England. Disease was rife, apocalyptic omens appeared in the skies, and idolators detected in every shire. In a remote corner of Es...
Taking us from the French Revolution to the Cold War and the Falklands, celebrated historian Andrew Roberts presents us with a bracingly honest and insightful look at nine major figures in modern h...
Autorka opisuje nowe technologie stosowane w procesie partycypacji społecznej oraz zależności między danymi i modelem ich wykorzystywania w planowaniu przestrzennym a ideą inteligentnego miasta &nd...
A vision of the future where the latest Silicon Valley tech meets cutting-edge genetics.Decoding the World is a buddy adventure about the quest to live meaningfully in a world with such...
Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened...
Free market capitalism is one of humanity's greatest inventions, and the greatest source of prosperity the world has ever seen. But it's also on the verge of destroying the planet and destabilizing...
The extraordinary efforts that took mankind to the moon 50 years ago were more than a scientific feat of aeronautics. They required new forms of collaboration between the public sector (notably, NA...
Peter Godfrey-Smith is a leading philosopher of science. He is also a scuba diver whose underwater videos of warring octopuses have attracted wide notice. In this book, he brings his parallel caree...
This book is inspired by the quest for the proper function of Aristotle’s active intellect presented in De Anima 3.5. The urge to grasp its essence has always driven philosophy ahead. Neverth...